How common is the surname Bailes?

3,178 people in the United States had the surname Bailes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,151 Americans. It ranked 10,150th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bailes?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bailes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bailes?

Margaret Bailes, American athletics competitor (born 1951).

Where is the surname Bailes most common?

Wikidata records people named Bailes in the United States.

Is the surname Bailes getting more or less common?

More common. 2,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,178 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Bailes

An occupational surname, carried by 3,178 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bailes is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”).

Bailes is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,178 people named Bailes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,151 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,855.

#10,150

rank among US surnames

3,178

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+11.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,336)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,145	Esch	3,179	97,120
#10,150	Bailes	3,178	97,151
#10,155	Oshiro	3,177	97,181
#10,159	Goldsberry	3,176	97,212

Who is named Bailes

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Bailes identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bailess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Bailes
American athletics competitor (born 1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Bailes

Bailes has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

Where does the surname Bailes come from?: From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”).
How common is the surname Bailes?: 3,178 people in the United States had the surname Bailes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,151 Americans. It ranked 10,150th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bailes?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bailes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bailes?: Margaret Bailes, American athletics competitor (born 1951).
Where is the surname Bailes most common?: Wikidata records people named Bailes in the United States.
What type of surname is Bailes?: Bailes is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bailes getting more or less common?: More common. 2,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,178 in 2010, up 11%.
What are other spellings of Bailes?: Bayles, Baylis and Bayliss.